Automobile floor-loading buck



Dec. 19, 1922.

Y E. s. EVANS. AUTOMOBILE FLOOR LOADING BUCK.

FILED MAR.24, 1920.

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Patented Bec. i9, i922.

STATES EDWARDS. EVANS, yOF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

AUTOMOBLE FLOOR-LOADING BUCK.

Application led March 24, 1920. Serial No. 368,366.

T o all whom, t 71u14/ concern.'

Be it known that I, EDWARD S. EVANS, a citizen of the United States ot America, residin at Detroit, in the. county of `Wayne and tate of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Automobile Floor-Loading' Bucks, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in automobile fioorloading bucks particularly adapted for holding automobiles against forward and backward thrusts relative to the loors of freight cars on which the automobiles are loaded for shipment.

The primary object of the present invention is to provide a buck of the above character which may be cheaply manufactured by reason of its simplicity of construction, and which will efiiciently serve the purpose for which it vis intended.

Prior devices of the present kind have been formed of a plurality of separable parte which were usually destroyed by the recipient of the shipped automobiles, and, this obviously necessitated the shipper` to undergo constant expense of continuous manufacture of new bucks. A further object of the present invention is accordingly to provide a buck of the present kind constructed of substantially one piece of material and so desi ned as to be continually reused.

Furt er, prior bucks of this kind have been of quite rigid construction and, by reason thereof, the same have repeatedly caused shearing of the spring bolts and spring clips and the bending of the reach rods of the automobiles due to the unyielding nature of the bucks directly transmitting to the auto mobiles the strains and stresses of the freight cars in transit. A still further object of the present invention, accordingly, is to provide' a buck of the present kind which is resilient or yieldable in nature so as to overcome the above mentioned disadvantages. A

Briefly speaking, the present invention for carrying out the above and other objects, prefera 1y 'comprises a strip of springy metal formed to provide a-stirrup adapted for the reception of one end portion of a vehicle axle or a wheel hub and yieldingly suspended by downwardly diverging resilient legs.

Further objects will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, and

the same consists in the novel form, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, shown in the accompanying drawing and claimed.

In the drawing wherein like reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views,

Figure l is a side elevational view of the forward port-ion of an automobile and a loading buck constructed in accordance with the present invention operatively associated with the front axle of the automobile,

Figure 2 is a front elevational view of the device shown in Fig. l,

Figure 3 is a horizontal sectional view taken substantially upon line III-Hl of Fig. 2, and shown on an enlarged scale, and

Figure 4 is a perspective view of a modiication of the buck shown -in F ig. l.

l'n the shipment of automobiles, it is the usual practice to secure the automobiles upon the loor of ay freight car by the use of multi-part rigid, bucks` or by means of chock blocks and tie Wires or ropes. The use of either of these, at best, involves the expenditure of a great waste of time and material and consequently is quite expensive. In the case of the -inulti-part bucks, which are usually made of wood, the bucks are practically always of necessity destroyed when the automobiles are unloaded.

The present invention, which comprises a yieldable and preferably one piece buck, is so designed and constructed as to be reused indefinitely and easily whereby the necessary expense in shipment of automobiles is reduced to a minimum. The present invenporting legs 6 thereof. ln loadingautomobiles on freight cars, two of the present bucks are preferably associated with the front axle A of the automobile, the stirrup 5 of eachbuck being adapted for reception of one end portion of the axle A.. The present buck may also be used'in the same mantion preferably embodies a substantially U- l ner on the rear axle of en automobile or on both the front and rear axles thereof it circumstance should so require. ln order to insure resiliency ot the legs 6, the same may be made of curved torni as shown in Fig. 1, but it the same are formed from highly yieldable material, the device may be formed with the legs thereof straight is the cese with the legs 6 of the device shown in Fig. 4. In this form of the device, the legs 'S' have the axle receiving stirrup 5 similar to the stirrup 5 of Fig. l and the legs 6 are flanged or provided with feet 7 et their lovver ends which are apertured es :it 5) 'tor reception ot nails or the like in securing the buck to the car floor.

rl`he legs il or t3 are preferably of Sullicient length to ceuse the axle to seat in the stirrup 5 or o before the tires of the automobile supporting wheels engage the car floor, tlie'weirht of the automobile ceusing the legs -or 6 to bend or yield slightly1 for permitting the tires to engege the car floor so that e slight amount ot the Weight of the automobile is supported by the buch and the remaining Weight is teiten bv the tires ot the automobile supporting Wheels. ln 'this wey the automobile is partially yield' ably suspended in e vertical plane, `and ir. will be apparent that u on the occurrence ot strains and stresses, t e legs t or 6 will yield forwardly or backiverdly suiliciently to prevent the shearing of spring bolts or clips and the bending of reach rods which has been experienced from the use of rigid bucks. I

M v invention is primarily en axle chocltingr instead of suspension evice., thelongitudinel yielding features predominatingr over the vertical resiliency ot the device while in use, the latter being meinly calculated as incidental to the mounting or assembling operation.

lt desired, a llclamp or clevis l0 having a transverse bolt ll provided with a thumb nut 1Q may be disposed to embrace the stirrup 5 or 5 above the axle A so as to etfectively hold the automobile from materiel upward displacement from the cer door, the U-clemp l() being disposed beneath the upper ends of the legs t5 or 6 end consequently insuring the holding of the automobile down on the cer tloor.

lt will be apparent that my form of buck or chock may be cheaply end easily mede in.

ressens one piece and is returnable. rl`he heads of the nails 8 can be easily chipped oil' Witha cold chisel, and the device then pulled up from the Hoor and sent beck to the shipper orla the automobiles. Thus, use of my device enebles one to obtain e maximum output from minimum equipment, the device being durable and edicient.

A resilient one piece buck or. chock is provided affording zi two-point suspension for en axle or hub member b two-legged formation, a sing e device being employed when found serviceable.

The construction and manner of use as Well as the advantages ot my invention will be readily understood .and appreciated from the foregoing description by those skilled in the srt and minor changes may be made therein Without deperting from the spirit and scope of the invention es claimed.

llfhzit is claimed as new is:

l. in automobile licor loading buck comprising ineens for the reception of s vehicle axle, und resilient or yieldable legs for said means adapted to be secured to a supporting surtece and being, oit sun'icient length to cause the seid means to receive the Weight of the eutomobile prior to the engagement of the wheels thereof with seid surface when said legs yield.

2. A. door loading1 buck for holding an automobile against undue forward or backward movements when being shipped in 's freight car comprising e pair ot upwardly converging legs having a stirrup at the upper ends otthe same adapted' to receive an `axle of the automobile and adapted to have their lower ends secured to the floor of the freight car, seid legs being yieldeble to permit limited forward or backward shitting of the automobile.

3. .door loading bucle for holding en eutomobile against undue forward or beeltvverd movements when being shipped in e freight car including e. stirrup edepted to receive en erde of the automobile, and means to Support seid stirrup from the door ot the freight cer in e position to engage seid axle, seid supporting ineens being adapted to be secured to seid tloor and beingr ot yieldeble materiel to permit limited orwerd or beckwerd shitting ot the automobile.

ln testimony whereof ll emr; my si nature.

EDV/'RD S. El ANS.

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